A message to the paparazzi by Benedict Cumberbatch, known to some of us as the 'new' Sherlock:

Benedict Cumberbatch to paparazzi: "Go photograph Egypt and show the world something important." pic.twitter.com/l0ADTHnZOU
— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) August 17, 2013

Some food for thought as to where our photography/journalism talent is going or not going.

Loved this photo of Vulcan Lane. Reminded me that it's one of Auckland's pedestrian 'laneways'. Think Melbourne style. Will have to get it in the thesis somehow. Vulcan Lane was one of my favourite spots, now overtaken by other places in the city. The subtext which is "Yay! We actually have choices now!"


Thanks @antsgardiner for the inspiration.

A write up about a fascinating workshop between writers and architecture students - Laboratory of Literary Architecture - lays bare the idea of space and what implications it might have when translated from writing to architectural model making. It is not a shift in medium that is utilised but the collaboration between literary folk and architectural thinkers/makers have turned up with some brilliant results.

An example:

With this narrow path I’m conveying the progression and mind of the protagonist David Lurie in “Disgrace,” a novel by J.M. Coetzee. A South African college professor who is fired after he refuses to apologize for raping a student, Mr. Lurie endures a series of traumatic events (represented by the knifelike cuts) that produce temporary changes in his perception, but he continues to believe that women have a natural responsibility to excite and bear male passion. His path zigzags, but change is illusory because ultimately he is headed in the same direction. At the end of “Disgrace,” Mr. Lurie’s new ability to relate to women as fully human is represented by a drop-off into water.
— Joanne Yao, SOA Nonfiction
Partnered with Chelsea Hyduk, M. Arch ’15

See the Laboratory of Literary Architecture Facebook page for more models generated by novels.